Oct 22, 2024 06:35 PM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stated tourism actions in coastal cities have been stopped and fishermen who enterprise into the Bay of Bengal had been instructed to return.
The State-run colleges in 9 south Bengal districts, together with Kolkata, will stay closed from October 23 to 26 in view of Cyclone Dana, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee introduced on Tuesday, saying the federal government has stocked reduction supplies and ready cyclone shelters within the coastal areas.
“Principal secretaries from varied departments have been put in control of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, Bankura, East Midnapore, West Midnapore and Jhargram districts. They’ll monitor the state of affairs. Ministers from these districts is not going to go away the station until the cyclone is over,” Banerjee stated at a press convention on the state secretariat.
The centres below the Built-in Youngster Improvement Companies (ICDS) may also stay closed as a precautionary measure, she stated.
“ICDS centres will stay closed throughout this era. Tourism actions in coastal cities have been stopped. Fishermen who enterprise into the Bay of Bengal had been instructed to return,” Banerjee added.
The Indian Meteorological Division (IMD) predicted on Monday {that a} low-pressure space over the Bay of Bengal is more likely to flip right into a extreme cyclonic storm by October 23 and hit Odisha and West Bengal coasts on October 24. The area is more likely to obtain heavy rainfall until Friday.
The wind pace is more likely to attain 60 kilometres per hour (kmph) alongside the shoreline and enhance to 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph, from October 24 evening until October 25 morning, IMD has stated.
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